Are COVID-19 Tests Accurate?
Why your test result for COVID-19 might mean a lot or nothing much at all
This year, there have been two massive outbreaks. The first, and most obvious, is the global pandemic of COVID-19 that is changing our world even as you read these words. The other, that has been commented on in hilarious fashion, is the massive surge in armchair epidemiologists, with seemingly every person in the world suddenly an expert in how to analyze public health research.
Now, there’s no argument that this is a bit weird. It’s obviously not that easy to become an expert in infectious disease epidemiology, which makes the fact that we’re all suddenly debating everything from reproductive rates to airborne transmission pretty amazing.
But while it may be a bit silly, it’s also totally understandable. We live in an age where all of human knowledge is at our fingertips, so becoming a bit knowledgeable about the things that are drastically impacting our lives has never been easier than it is now.
